11th Annual

Art on the Half Shell Festival

May 2, 2011 - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Historic Urbanna, Virginia

In May, 2010, Art on the Half Shell celebrated its 10th anniversary as a popular and very well attended fine art and fine craft festival in historic

Urbanna, Virginia, the ideal waterside community in a perfect festival setting.

This 1-day event has developed a reputation for exhibiting an extremely high level of fine art which appeals to the large crowds attending every year.

We anticipate the 2011, May 2nd will be as exciting and well attended as the 2010 event.  Plan on being there!!!!!!!!!!

Our Mission

A community cultural arts festival organization dedicated to promoting all aspects of the visual and performing arts for the cultural and economic benefit of our community and its visitors. In this endeavor, the Foundation will support a wide variety of artists in order to promote their work and talents while stimulating community interest and economic development.  Art on the Half Shell is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

About Us

Our history began in October, 1999 with a small group of Middlesex County residents. We gathered together to explore ways in which a community-based and arts-inspired organization would foster art awareness, appreciation, and education for the benefit of all residents of our county here in tidewater Virginia.

Contact Information
Diane Gravatt, Festival Chairperson
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Directions

From Richmond:
64 East to Exit 220 (West Point).
33 East through West Point and continue until you come to a stoplight at Glenns, VA.
Turn left at stoplight to stay on 33 East.
Go about 2 miles and turn right at Hardee’s onto 33 East/17 Business.
Go to stoplight and turn right to stay on 33 East.
Follow 33 East to first stoplight and turn left onto Route 227.
Follow Route 227 across Urbanna Creek into Town.

From Newport News-Norfolk-Virginia Beach:
64 East to Exit 250B (Fort Eustis Boulevard).
Follow signs to 17 North.
Take 17 North across the Coleman Bridge at Yorktown (there’s no toll when you’re northbound, but you’ll need two bucks on the return trip).
Continue on 17 North through Gloucester.
Continue until you come to the first stoplight after leaving the strip malls and big box retailers of Gloucester behind.
Go about 2 more miles after the stoplight and turn right at Hardee’s onto 33 East/17 Business (Saluda).
Go to first stoplight and turn right to stay on 33 East.
Follow 33 East to first stoplight and turn left onto Route 227.
Follow two-lane Route 227 across Urbanna Creek into Town.

From Northern Va:
95 South.
Turn right at stoplight at the end of the ramp onto Route 1/17 South.
Go about a mile and turn left at a stoplight onto Route 17 South. (We’d tell you how many stoplights, but they keep adding new ones up there).
Follow 17 South through Port Royal and Tappahannock.
Turn left onto Route 602, about 21 miles south of Tappahannock. The only landmark here is a directional sign for Urbanna, Saluda and Remlik, so be on the lookout.
Follow two-lane 602 for the five or so miles into Town.